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Some of the biggest names in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive are heading to the SSE Arena in Wembley later this month to compete in the Esports Championship Series LAN finals. From the European side of the competition Fnatic, Astralis, Ninjas in Pyjamas and G2 Esports all qualified for the LAN. While …

Real-time cinematics and animation tool Sequencer also introduced

Michel Guillemot intends to quit Gameloft after its shareholders backed the hostile takeover at the hands of Vivendi. That’s according to Bloomberg, which says that Vivendi now controls 56 per cent of Gameloft voting rights and will appoint a director majority at the company’s AGM at the end of the …

Car-football title Rocket League continues to be a smash hit for developer Psyonix. Speaking to Forbes, the studio’s VP of comms Jeremy Dunham aid that the game has raked in an impressive $110m in sales. That does not count the times it was downloaded on PlayStation Plus on its launch. …

No doubt about it: Overwatch is a great competitive video game. It’s spectacularly polished, boasts a huge, well-balanced cast of colorful heroes, and features modes built perfectly for nail-bitingly close endings. But I’m not certain it will be able to sustain itself as an esport. Read more on Yahoo eSports …

Company pledges ‘openness’ in controversial platform, says HoloLens ‘built with UWP in mind’ and hints at further connectivity between PC and Xbox

The Chinese investment company Tencent, better known as the owners of Riot Games and others, is in discussion to buy a majority stake in Supercell Oy, the Finland-based developer of Clash of Clans and Clash Royale, according to The Wall Street Journal. Read more on the eSports Observer >>>

Former EA and Blast Furnace staffers also on board, debut game due this year

The build-up is nearly over and the hype and excitement is sweeping through the Dota community. Valve’s first Major to hit the Philippines is now imminent. It feels like an age ago that we saw Team Secret win convincingly in Shanghai, where the great quality Dota 2 was marred by …

It was only a few months ago that China collapsed at The Shanghai Major. Despite having three of the top four teams at The International, not a single team finished in the Top 8 at Shanghai, an unprecedented decline for the region’s Dota rankings. Read more on theScore eSports >>>